Ticket-punch



(No Model.)

R. WOODMAN.-

TICKET PUNCH. y No. 351,556. Patented Oct. 26, 188.6.

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y ROBERT WOODMAN, OEMALDEN, MASSACHUSETTS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 351,556, dated October 26, 1886.

Application tiled February $23, 1886. Serial No. 192,887.

To all whom t may concern.-

Be-it known that I; ROBERT WooDMAN, of Malden, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ticket-Punches, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

n This invention relates to improvements in what vare commonly known as ticketpunches, and it is more particularly applicable to a ticket-punch of the classshown and described in Letters Patent of the United States issued to me, dated October 2, 1883, No. 285,867, although, as will appear from the description hereinafter given thereof, it is ap plicable to other punches, and therefore it is not intended to limit it in that regard.

These punches are composed of two lever arms jointed or hinged at oneend, a diein two parts, male and female, both carried by one of said arms, the one part movable and the other stationary thereon, and-an abutment on the other of said arms to work on the movable part of the die.

This invention consists, in substance, of a punch-composed of two lever-armsjointed or hinged together, two or more dies, each in two parts, male andfemale, and all carried by one of said lever-arms, and at least one vpart of each die fulcrumed or otherwise arranged onV said arm so as to be capable of movementthereon toward and away from the other part thereof, and an abutment or abutments for the moving parts ofthe two-part dies located on the lever-arm of the jointed lever-arms opposite to that on which Vthe dies are arranged, as aforesaid, and constructed and arranged to be adjusted and set in relation to the moving parts of the dies, and thereby from the working of the jointed lever-arms in a` proper direction therefor to enable a punching of such one or ones of said two-part dies to be secured, as may be desired, and all otherwise, substantially as hereinafter described.

In the accompanying drawings a ticketpunch of this invention is illustrated.

Figure l is a longitudinal section at one side of the central lineand through one of the two sets of dies. Fig. 2 is a View of the under side or edge of the punch. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section on line 3 3, Fig. l, and aface (No model.)

view of the parts in the direction of thearrow, Fig. l; and Fig. 4 is a cross-section on line 4 4, Fig. l.

ln the drawings, A and B represent two lever-arms at one end, jointed or hinged, as at a, and at the other end each made with a handle, C.

b is a slot in and along a portion of the length of the lever-arm B. Thisslot b is open on'each side of the lever-arm B.

ff2 are two female dies on the outer portion, di, of thejaw B. These diesff2 are of different shapes-as, for instance, of a diamond and a spade.

y g2 are male dies corresponding in shape to the female dies f f2, respectively. Each male die is at the outer end of separate but similar levers, D, both arranged in parallel and distinct longitudinal guideways of the lever-arm B, and each hung and turning upon a common stationary transverse fulcrum-pin, h, located between the jointed and handle ends of the lever-arms A B.

K is a bent spring, one for each of the diecarrying levers D. Each spring K rests on the end of its lever D opposite to that which carries the male die, and it is attached to the lever-arm B.

The construction and arrangement of leverarms A B, male and female dies ff2 g g2, carrying levers D for the male dies, and bent springs K, as above described, differ in no material respect from that described and shown in the Letters Patent before referred to, except that the punch is provided with two sets of dies, and a carrying-lever, D, for each set.

L is an abutment on the lever-arm A for the two die-carrying levers D, before. described. This abutment L, as shown, is in the form of a pin or knob, Z, projecting eccentrically from the face of a circular disk, M, at one end of a stem, N, having a shoulder, m, and a milled head, n, and which with the disk is arranged to turn in a corresponding-shapedA bearing, p, of the lever-arm A, and to be capable of an in-and-out movement through said arm, limit` ed in its outward movement by the abutment of the disk M against the inner face of the lever-arm, and in its inward movement by the lCO abutment of the shoulder m of the stem N against the shoulder q of the bearing p therefor. The disk M has two holes, 1' r2, at opposite diametrical point-s and in a line at right angles to a radial line through the center of the abutment L on the disk and the axis of said disk. Each hole Ir rt is in position to be engaged with a common pin, s, suitably placed upon the lever-arm, according as either thereof, by the rotation of the stem and disk, is presented thereto, and otherwise all is such that with either hole so engaged the abutment L of the disk M will then be in line with the bearing on one of the two die-carrying levers D D, according as said abutment is placed by the rotation of the disk at either side of the central line of the punch lever-arms A B, it being of course understood that for such rotation of the diskthe disk must first, pressing its stem inward, be disengaged from the pin s of the leverarm A.

In the use of the punch above described the ticket to be punched is placed in the slot b of the leverarm B, and then the handle ends C of the lever-arms A B, being pressed toward each other, cause, through the abutment L on the lever-arm A, and according as to which of the die-levers D it is adjusted and set, as be fore explained, a pressing or movement of such lever D and of its die toward the female die corresponding therewith, which at the salne time is moving toward the male die, the whole resulting in a punching` of the ticket in accordance therewith. On a then release of the pressure upon the handle ends of the lever-arms A Ball of the parts, operated as above stated, are returned to their normal po sition by the reaction of the bent spring K of the diecarrying lever worked upon by the abutment L oi' the lever-arm A, and which working was against the tension of said spring.

The operation of the punch, as above explained, and when once its abutment is adjusted and set to the desired die-lever of the two die-levels, differs in no material respect from that of the punch described and shown in the Letters Patent aforesaid, the improvement making this invention consisting,in substance, in the adaptation of the abutment to be placed into and out of operative position as to either of said die-carrying levers.

Although, as herein particularly described, and shown in the drawings, the punch has two sets of dies, it may have more or less, and the feature of the adjustable abutment L described, and making, in substance, this in vention, is readily adapted to such change in the number of the sets of dies. As, for instance, suppose the punch to have three or four sets of dies; then the carrying-disk M for the abutment L must have a corresponding number of holes, r r2, suitably located to insure the locking of the abutment at and on any one of the series of die-carrying levers, according as which of the same it is desired to have workin the use of the punch. The adjustable abutment of this invention enables either of the sets of dies carried by the punch to be worked as may be desired, the others at the time remaining inoperative, and, as is plain, such adjustable abutment, whether applied to one or more sets of dies, is the same in principle and in operation; and, furthermore, as is plain, in a punch having a series of sets of dies an adjustable abutment maybe provided for each, or one for the whole number, or for any part or parts or combinations of parts of the whole number.

The construction and arrangement ofthe adjustable abutment, as described and shown, is most simple, practical, and effective; but it is not intended to limit the invention to such particular construction and arrangement, the invention being broadly to an abutment constructed and arranged to be adjusted substantially as and for the purpose stated.

Having thus described my invention, I claima l. In a punch for tickets, Src., two jointed arms or jaws, A B, and punching-dics, male and female, carried by the jaw B, the one die stationary and the other movable thereon, in combination with an abutment of thejaw A, adjustable thereon in relation to and for work on the movable die of jaw B in the operation of the punch, substantially as described, for the purposes specified.

2. In a punch for tickets, o., twojointed arms or jaws, A B, and two sets of punchingdies, each set, male and female, carried by the jaw B, and one part of each set stationary,

vand the other parts each separately movable thereon, in combination with an abutment of thejaw A, adjustable thereon in relation to and for work on the movable dies of jaw B in the operation of the punch, substantially as described, for the purpose specified.

3. In a punch for tickets, 85e., two jointed arms or jaws, A B, and punching dies, male and female, carried by the jaw B, the one die stationary and the other movable thereon, in combination with a head, M, having an eccentric abutment, L, for work on said movable die, the head being lengthwise movable and rotatory on and adapted to be engaged with and disengaged from the jaw A, and all so as to adjust the abutment L in relation to said movable die, substantially as described, for the purposes speritied.

4. In a punch for tickets, 85e., twojointed arms or jaws, A B, and punching dies, male and female, carried oy the jaw B, in combi' nation with a head, M, having an eccentric abutment, L, for work on said movable die, the head having holes r, and a concentric shouldered stem, N, received by a shouldered socket, a, of the jaw A, having a pin, s, to engage holes r of said head, substantially as described, for the purpose specitied.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand'in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ROBERT WOODMAN.

' W'itncsses: ALBERT W. BROWN, Wir. S. BELLows.

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